mia-japanese-korean: Approaching Snow, Yamakawa Shūhō, December 1927, Minneapolis Institute of Art:
mia-japanese-korean: Approaching Snow, Yamakawa Shūhō, December 1927, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Arthead and shoulders of a woman with a black sleeve held up to her PR cheek; orange striped, and blue and orange organic design, collars Alluding winter, this is an extreme close-up of a young woman’s face—in fact, portions of her traditional shimada-style coiffure are cropped by the frame of the image. The title evokes the gloom of snow-laden clouds, and indeed the background is in pale gray. The season is also indicated by snow-covered nandina branches with red berries, a motif that decorates the woman’s blue kimono. Shūhō depicted the woman glancing to the side while lifting her sleeve-covered hand to her face, as if for protection from the chilly air.Size: 14 ¼ × 9 ½ in. (36.2 × 24.13 cm) (image) 23 × 19 × 1 ½ in. (58.42 × 48.26 × 3.81 cm) (outer frame)Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paperhttps://collections.artsmia.org/art/62465/ -- source link
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